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[–] Ironfacebuster 134 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (6 children)

Steps to building a cool program (the really cool way)

  1. Clone the GitHub repository
  2. Open command prompt
  3. Run the build command
  4. It fails because the repository owner uses a different c++ compiler and it only works with that one
  5. It fails again, realize you installed visual studio wrong somehow so spend an hour trying to get the visual studio installer to find and uninstall it before deleting the installation directory entirely and installing the required version again
  6. It still fails, the project looks for version "" of protobuf but you have "3.1.10.1" so you reconfigure it to look for a real version of protobuf
  7. It fails again, some tool that isn't in the readme is required to build it
  8. It fails again, it's not actually compatible with windows yet
  9. Give up and wait for pre built binaries

Edit: did the other guy that responded block me? I got a notification about it but can't load the comment

[–] [email protected] 67 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Hey welcome to our group session. Just know that we all have been hurt by C++ build systems and this is a safe space

[–] Ironfacebuster 25 points 4 months ago

I feel so welcome, thank you

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago

I used to run Slackware and have built many, many packages this way.

These days...gimme a .deb, please. It's not that I can't do it...it's that I want to do other things.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

RE: edit: they apparently deleted their comment

[–] Ironfacebuster 4 points 4 months ago

Makes sense, their response made no sense anyways lol

Even now it's telling me that there's an extra comment it can't load

[–] ricdeh 5 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Yuck, imagine using M*crosoft's C++ compiler 🤮

[–] I_Clean_Here 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Are you a baby?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

GPP/GCC user

[–] Ironfacebuster 2 points 4 months ago

Weren't we all, at one point?

[–] Aux -1 points 4 months ago

It's bloody good.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

If you want Blender with CUDA support from source... Man, this is the way. Thank God for their benevolence in releasing build binaries.

I sure learned a ton while painfully trying to figure it all out though! Lol